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Elizabeth Bishop to Guest-Edit “The Best American Poetry”
Elizabeth Bishop has agreed to guest-edit an upcoming volume in The Best American Poetry series. "I've wanted to get her to do this since the series began," David Lehman, BAP's general editor, stated in a…
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Whitman and Weed [by David Lehman]
The craze for cannabis stocks is an obvious byproduct of the imminent legalization of marijuana in many of the states that would join Colorado, California, and all of Canada in this regard. I am…
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a poem from The Awl by Josh Bell [posted by Mark Bibbins]
As many readers will be aware, the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference is currently in full swing. We are ever on the lookout for Josh's "free-range / angels slumped out /…
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Slip away soon and fly off with Orly’s take on the chanson française [by Tracy Danison]
ORLY has all the elements typical of the “chanson française” including, typically, un poète urgent, un pianist en transit and un sorcier souffleur, but ORLY also has charm and that je-ne-sais-pas-trop that makes you…
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Every Edge of the World: Morehshin Allahyari’s “The Laughing Snake” [by Katie Peyston Hoftstadter]
What I notice first: the carved wooden snake, glowing pink and gold in the darkened room. Her lips curl back to laugh, showing teeny-tiny fangs. In the corner, a hypertext narrative glitters quietly, ready…
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Next Line, Please: The Lehman Trilogy [by Virginia Valenzuela]
One day last week, David Lehman opened the newspaper and saw a full-page ad for a new play titled The Lehman Trilogy. As someone who shares the name, he has occasionally met people who…
